The Road Less Traveled

• Park further away from your destination.
• Walk-in instead of driving-thru.
• Pay inside instead of paying at the pump.
• Take another lap after you've finished shopping.
• Walk your dog every day, even if you don't have a dog!
• Take a 10-minute walking break at a local rest area every hour your spend sitting in a car.
• Take a lap around the airport terminal next time you have a layover.
• Don't wait in line for the escalator or elevator.  Take the stairs.

• Screen time includes TV, computer and video games.
• The average American watches 4 hours and 35 minutes of TV each day, more than twice the daily recommendation.
• Try to keep your screen time to under 2 hours a day.
• Click here to learn more about Screen Time.

• Join a dance class.
• Take a walk by a park, lake or river to enjoy the scenery.
• Dust off your old equipment.  When's the last time you played tennis or a round of golf?
• Take a Health Day instead of a sick day.  Put your health first.

• Join a club to meet other people who like to be physically active.
• There are clubs for walking, hiking, biking, running, dancing, swimming, and many more.
• Can't find a club?  Start your own.
• Encourage your kids to start a club.
• Start your own walking group.  Meet with neighbors, friends and family.

• Partner with local city governments to develop trails and other fitness facilities.
• Join your local Turning Point partnership to learn how to improve the health of your community.
• Join the Oklahoma Fit Kids Coalition to learn how to improve the health of Oklahoma children.

• Develop policy for city councils or planning districts to incorporate sidewalks in new construction areas.
• Partner with local parks and recreation, home builder and real estate associations to add paths.

• Work with your community or neighborhood association to repair existing sidewalks and install lighting.
• Ask city/state agencies to post signs to discourage cars from driving fast through pedestrian areas.
• Post pedestrian crossing signs in communities to alert drivers.

• Encourage the use of helmets when riding bicycles, roller blades, razors, scooters and motorized vehicles.
• Wear light-color clothing when exercising outside in the dark.
• Choose shoes, bike pedals and clothing with reflective material to help drivers see you.
• Always cross roads at intersections or designated pedestrian crosswalks.

• Make sure fitness and nutrition information is included in professional days for school staff.
• Ask to see if your child's school is a Certified Healthy Business.
• Get involved with your local school's Fit and Healthy School Advisory Committee.

• Ask teachers to incorporate nutrition and physical activity into their lesson plans.
• Check to see if your local school offers "experiential" learning.  It increases activity and learning.
• Encourage your congregation to offer on-site physical activity to community members.

• Incorporate physical activity breaks into your workday.
• Take stretch breaks during conferences, workshops and meetings.
• Coordinate an exercise class in a break room for employees before and/or after work.
• Ask your employer to offer flexible work hours to allow for onsite physical activity during the workday.
• Request flexible time during lunch breaks for physical activity.
• Start activity clubs at work.  Walking, cycling, soccer, softball, etc.
• Develop a draft policy that promotes physical activity and flexible work schedules to allow for activity.
• Learn how to become a Certified Healthy Business.

• Provide safe and appealing stairwells and promote their usage.
• Post signage in the stairwells.
• Start a stair-walkers club.  Post a log sheet in the stairwell for participants.